How a Bill Becomes a Law

How a Bill Becomes a Law
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How a Bill Becomes a Law
The Main Concern
One of the major concerns for every stakeholder in the health sector is unsafe abortion. Young women have become vulnerable to unsafe abortion among the many reproductive health risks. Induced abortion accounts for a high proportion of deaths. Teenagers are reporting the largest proportion of admission for abortion-related complications globally.
The proposal
My proposal is, ‘contraceptive are extremely effective in preventing abortion related deaths. The best way is to improve contraceptive use among young women by providing relevant information to reduce the number of abortion in the country.’
Research Background
Several studies provide evidence that improving the knowledge of young people about contraceptives by dispelling common misconceptions can change their behavior in a positive way. Other research shows that high rates of abortion are as a result of high levels of unintended pregnancy. It is estimated that 6.8 million teen pregnancies occur annually in the world. Among them, one in five are unplanned, half of the unplanned pregnancy end up as induced abortion. Despite these results there are still low levels of contraceptive use (UNFPA, 2010). Many young people who have experienced unintended pregnancy were not using any contraceptive. Contraceptive use varies significantly depending on economic and social disparities. Urban youth is more likely than rural youth to use contraceptives. The level of education among young women and their economic status are closely linked to the use of contraceptive. Further researches indicate that several barriers hinder young adolescence from accessing family planning services. These include their attitudes, young women do not believe that they are risked of getting pregnant, in addition, most of them fear the side effects while lack of access to these services is one of the biggest barriers (UNFPA, 2010)
Similar Legislation
A similar legislation was introduced in other States including North Carolina, the Sterilization and Abortion Act 1977 is one of the Acts that only allows young people to make decisions on their own on accessing contraceptive and abortion services without parental consent. However, the same law makes it illegal to offer contraceptive advice to anyone under the age of 16 years. This legislation has hindered efforts to offer school-based sexual health education. In section 105 D of the Act, parents and guardians have the right to exclude their children from health education classes. Another similar laws is the public health service Act in which the Title X family planning program was constitute in 1970, is the only federal program that provides a comprehensive family planning. However, the programs are not flexible enough to offer youth-friendly services (Napili, 2014).
Finances and Stakeholders
Several financial impacts of unintended pregnancy include, live births from an unintended pregnancy associated with expenses. These expenses includes post-natal medical costs, child-related payments preschool cost among others. It is estimated that the National Health Service spent $5.2million on the medical cost of live births from un...